Environment

• Monday, March 15th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentine president attacked and stoned while visiting areas devastated by Patagonia forest fires

  

  Argentina is not an easy country to manage, particularly when institutions are weak and governments lack credibility. Such was the experience of president Alberto Fernandez during a visit to Patagonia to announce support for residents that suffered the devastation caused by forest fires in the region.

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Falkland Islands Government publishes legal framework for Environment Trust

  

  The Falkland Islands Government this week published the legal framework to establish the Falkland Islands Environment Trust: a mechanism designed to collect funds and award grants to support persons engaged in “conservation, management, and enhancement of the environment.”

• Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Pacific small islands fear rising seas will distort their claims to EEZs

  

  Small island states in the Pacific are opening a new front in the fight against rising seas, to secure rights to an ocean area bigger than the moon that is home to billion-dollar fish stocks.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Austrian coalition will block EU/Mercosur trade accord if it goes against the European Green Deal

  

  Austria’s coalition government has confirmed it will block the landmark EU-Mercosur trade agreement – which should create the biggest free-trade area in the world – saying it goes against the EU’s environmental ambitions set out in the European Green Deal.

• Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Falklands: lively debate on the possibility of a salmon farming industry

  

  The Falklands ocean coastal ecosystems are one of its biggest assets and, “its value is beyond measure,” commented Islander Josh Peck speaking against the introduction of a salmon-farming industry to the Falkland Islands, at last Tuesdays workshop on an environmental strategy held at the Chamber of Commerce, as reported by the Penguin News.

• Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Casino supermarkets sued under French law for selling beef linked to deforestation

  

  French supermarket chain Casino is being sued by indigenous groups from the Amazon, for allegedly selling beef linked to deforestation. The 11 indigenous groups, backed by NGOs in the US and France, are seeking €3.1m in damages.

• Saturday, March 6th 2021 - 07:10 UTC

  Rossby Waves, and Wave-7

  

  Bt Gwynne Dyer – It used to blast straight east all the way around the planet, but even then it occasionally developed long S-shaped kinks called Rossby waves: Big loops extending far north and south of its usual track.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  After thirty years of prolific research, RRS James Clark Ross makes final call to the Falklands

  

  The RRS James Clark Ross (JCR) made her final call to her homeport of the Falkland Islands on Monday March first, since after thirty years of service, the JCR will be sold at the end of her 20/21 Antarctic season.

• Tuesday, March 2nd 2021 - 09:39 UTC

  Pablo Escobar's original four hippos in Colombia, could number 1,400 by 2034

  

  Hippopotamuses are increasing in Colombia despite being an alien species in South America. Their existence in the country began with the import of four individuals by drug lord Pablo Escobar. The four hippopotamuses later escaped into the wild.

• Friday, February 26th 2021 - 21:27 UTC

  Drones in New Zealand to protect endangered dolphins

  

  The New Zealand's government is supporting a new project using drone technology to understand and protect the endangered Māui dolphins in the country. Maui dolphins live in a small stretch of ocean off the west coast of New Zealand's North Island and current estimates suggest that only 63 dolphins older than one year remain, raising concerns that they may soon become extinct.